Lily Agringo Arcala

LILY AGRINGO ARCALA WAS BORN TO LOURDES AND LEONARDO AGRINGO IN SAN ANTONIO. ZAMBALES ON OCTOBER 25, 1943. AS A YOUNG ADULT SHE ENJOYED THE COMPANY OF HER FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES AND HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO TRAVEL. AFTER GRADUATING NURSING SCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES, LILY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AS AN EXCHANGE VISITOR TO WORK AT A HOSPITAL IN MICHIGAN.
WHEN SHE RETURNED TO THE PHILIPPINES, SHE MARRIED ALBERTO ARCALA IN 1971 IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF SAN ANTONIO, ZAMBALES. SOON THEY WELCOMED THEIR FIRST CHILD AND SON, ARNOLD, AND TWO YEARS LATER THEIR SECOND SON, BERNARD TOGETHER THEY MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES WHERE LILY BEGAN HER CAREER AS AN LVN. IN 1983. THEY WELCOMED THEIR THIRD SON, CLARENCE. LILY SPENT MOST OF HER YEARS AS A NURSE AT LAGUNA HOSPITAL IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE SHE RETIRED IN 2008. LILY ENJOYED RETIREMENT THROUGH HER TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD ON VARIOUS CRUISES. TRAVELING TO THE PHILIPPINES EVERY TWO YEARS, BECOMING A GRANDMOTHER, AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY. FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES.
EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AGAIN LILY'S FIRST TRIP AFTER THE PANDEMIC WAS TO THE PHILIPPINES TO VISIT HER HOMETOWN IN DECEMBER 2022. IN JANUARY OF 2023. LILY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. SHE WAS STRONG AND RELENTLESS DURING HER MONTHS TRYING TO OVERCOME CANCER BEFORE SHE PASSED PEACEFULLY ON AUGUST 24. 2023.
IN A QUOTE SHE PUT IN HER NURSING SCHOOL GRADUATION YEARBOOK SHE WROTE THAT SHE IS THE TYPE WHO IS IDEALISTIC AND INSPIRING.LILY [THE FLOWER] BLOSSOMS DELIGHTFULLY IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF SYMPATHY AND SINCERE HELPFULNESS." LILY WAS COMPASSIONATE. CARING. AND GAVE BACK GENEROUSLY TO THOSE AROUND HER. LET US REMEMBER THE FLOWERS SHE SO ADORED, AND MAY OUR LIVES BLLOM WITH LOVE JUST LIKE THE ROSES SHE CHERISED.
LILY IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND OF 52 YEARS, ALBERTO, THEIR THREE SONS ARNOLD, BERNARD, AND CLARENCE, AND HER TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS, ALANA AND AMELIA.